Five tax questions the next Tory leader must answer

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

67% : Here are the five questions that each prospective leader of the Conservative Party should address:Do you accept that freezing tax thresholds and allowances rather than increasing the rates of tax was a dishonest way of increasing revenues and would be ruled out by any future government you might lead?Rather than talking about reform, or even abolition, of inheritance tax while actually making it worse by freezing allowances, can you give a commitment about what you would actually deliver in a first term of government?What reforms to income tax would you undertake that restore incentives to work harder and generate more wealth, including tackling anomalies such as the 60pc tax trap and the child benefit trap?What would be your approach to corporation tax and other taxes on investment, such as stamp duty and capital gains tax?The self-employed represent the conservative model of self-sufficiency and individual risk-taking - yet were targeted with IR35 and the loan charge.
50% : Mr Tugendhat could burnish his reputation more if he talked about tax - he seems capable of it, so what's holding him back?Questions for the next leaderWhat has been lacking from all candidates is any coherent analysis of the growth of public spending which generated much of the need for higher taxes, or taking ownership and expressing remorse about those economic policies.

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